Since March 2025, Microsoft's oobe\bypassnro command has been removed from Windows 11 (24H2/25H2). Until October 2025, the alternative start ms-cxh:localonly (and start ms-cxh://setaddlocalonly) worked, but this was blocked starting with Insider Build 26220.6772 (October 6, 2025) and only works on the current 25H2 stable branch.
The BypassNRO method in this project still works because it uses Sysprep with a custom unattend.xml. This approach remains functional for now, because unattend.xml is part of Windows' official enterprise deployment tools and cannot easily be blocked by Microsoft without breaking enterprise scenarios.
Timeline:
- Removal of
oobe\bypassnro: March 2025 - Blocking of
ms-cxh:localonly: October 6, 2025 (Insider build 26220.6772 and higher)
iex(irm bypassnro.stensel.nl)powershell -c "iex(irm bypassnro.stensel.nl)"